You are trying to find the words to reach one person again. Below are eight real, well-known getting back together songs, and one more idea: an original song written about your own second chance, for $39.90, delivered in 24 to 48 hours. We start with that one, because it is the example, and because sometimes the apology has to come first.
Listen: "I Should've Said Sorry Sooner"
What makes a getting back together song actually work
The songs that win someone back are specific about the wrong, not just the wanting. A famous chorus can say "come back" for you, but it cannot say what you did or what you miss. "I Should've Said Sorry Sooner" is built from one plain admission: the sorry was true the whole time, it just came late. That is the move. Name the real thing, own your part, and let the song be the thing you could not manage to say in person.
This matters for two reasons. An apology that names the actual mistake tells the other person you understand it, which is what they are waiting to hear. And that detail is something no hit single can give you, because the songwriter was not in the room when it happened.
8 getting back together songs (from plea to apology)
Here is a quick way to choose: pick a plea song when you want to say "come back," and an apology song when you need to say "I was wrong" first. These eight are real, well known, and cover both.
- "Open Arms" — Journey (1982). Written by Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain, this power ballad is a straight offer to renew a drifting relationship. For the person who wants to say the door is still open.
- "We Belong Together" — Mariah Carey (2005). A number one for 14 weeks, and one long plea for reconciliation after realizing what she lost. For the ache of an empty house after someone leaves.
- "Baby Come Back" — Player (1977). A US number one written by Peter Beckett and J.C. Crowley after both had breakups of their own. All regret and "I was wrong," which is exactly the register of asking for a second chance.
- "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" — Chicago (1982). Written by Peter Cetera and David Foster, a number one built entirely around the hardest sentence to get out. For when the apology is the whole point.
- "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" — Elton John (1976). Elton John and Bernie Taupin on how impossible it is to say sorry when a love is slipping away. Mournful and honest, for a serious apology.
- "I Want You Back" — The Jackson 5 (1969). The first Jackson 5 single and a number one, an energetic plea for a second chance. For when you want the message to sound hopeful, not heavy.
- "Closer" — The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey (2016). A number one about a past romance rekindled after a chance encounter. For the couple who keep finding their way back to each other.
- "Let's Stay Together" — Al Green (1971). Not a getting back together song so much as a staying together one, but few songs make the case for choosing each other again more warmly. For the promise you make after the fight.
The lyrics
The lyrics
I Should've Said Sorry Sooner
Three days of being polite to you
Is the loneliest I've ever been
I rehearsed it in the shower, in the driveway
Had it word for word, then let it die
We ate dinner at the far ends of the table
Passed the salt like strangers — that was I
Pride's a cheap roof in the rain
And I let us both get soaked
I should've said sorry sooner
Said it plain, the night I got it wrong
I was loud where I should've listened
And quiet way too long
No excuses in my pockets —
Just sorry, sooner than this song
You left the hallway light on like you do
Even mad, you didn't let me find the dark
That's the kind of love I went and bruised here
And the kind I'm asking to restart
Pride's a cheap roof in the rain
And I let us both get soaked
I should've said sorry sooner
Said it plain, the night I got it wrong
I was loud where I should've listened
And quiet way too long
No excuses in my pockets —
Just sorry, sooner than this song
Tomorrow morning I'll still mean it
Next month, next year, I'll mean it then
You can hold it up the next time I get stubborn —
Play this back and watch me fold again
I should've said sorry sooner
Said it plain, the night I got it wrong
I was loud where I should've listened
And quiet way too long
No excuses in my pockets —
Just sorry, sooner than this song
Three days was three too many
I'm here — the table's set for two
Common questions
What is a good song about getting back together?
Journey's "Open Arms" and Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" are two of the strongest choices. Both are about wanting to mend a relationship that mattered, one as an open offer and one as a plea after the loss. If you need the words to match your own story rather than a general one, a custom song is the most personal route.
What song should I send to say sorry and win someone back?
Chicago's "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" and Elton John's "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" are the two most direct apology songs. They say the thing that is hard to say out loud, which is often the whole reason the relationship stalled. A custom song goes one step further and names what you are actually sorry for, which lands harder than a borrowed chorus.
Can I have a song written about getting back together?
Yes. A custom song from Songbond is $39.90 and arrives in 24 to 48 hours, with unlimited revisions. You answer a short set of questions about what happened, what you miss, and what you want to say. We turn that into an original song in your own words, so the apology or the ask sounds like you and not like the radio.
Say the thing you could not say
A famous song says how it feels to want someone back. A song about your own story says what you did, what you miss, and what you are asking for. If you want the second kind, have a custom song written about your second chance for $39.90, delivered in 24 to 48 hours, revised until it is right. Tell us what happened. We will help you say sorry, or say come home, in the way you mean it.
From the same series: an apology song for him or her and songs about the day we met.
